Art can make science both understandable and inspirational, as is expertly demonstrated in a documentary film made here in Palos Verdes about an artist and architect named Chesley Bonestell (1888 – 1986).
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The Christmas Holiday season is associated so much with the color red and green and costume designer Nolan Miller of DYNASTY fame created these two amazing gowns in red and green for Barbara Stanwyck and Ann Miller for the Academy Awards.
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You craft habits bit-by-bit with each repeated small decision, thought and action. A habit, once crafted, according to Duke University researchers, accounts for about 40% of your daily behavior! And, your daily behavior becomes your life!
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With the headlines and newscasts streaming the perils of the global pandemic and the associated chaos, it is hard to avoid the anxiety and stress of the crisis. This is not the first nor will it be the last pandemic we face. Consider maybe “What we need right now is a little Christmas!”
So here is a Christmas Story from Fifty years ago that is worth thinking about today.
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The Port of Los Angeles in the 1960s had all the makings of a gripping detective novel: corruption, graft, secretly-taped meetings, indictments, an unexplained death and a Pulitzer Price-winning expose by the Los Angeles Times. Bringing the Princess Louise floating restaurant was just one of the many scandals that erupted during that turbulent era.
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Is that Charlie Chaplin in Los Angeles Harbor? Yes! And he’s wearing a dress! He was there filming the first of three movies where he impersonated a woman. “A Busy Day” was shot amid the backdrop of the April 11, 1914 Harbor Day Celebration at the Port of Los Angeles.
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Sacred Solar Astrology November 2020 Forecasts
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We are finally stepping into the deepest magic and mystery of autumn with Scorpio season. Halloween draws near, and the invitation to plumb our own depths is tantalizingly extended. For millennia, this time of year has represented the same thing for many cultures across the globe – the dying away of things. In fact, Halloween itself originates in the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain (sow-en), which in Gaelic simply means “summer’s end.” It was a time to give thanks for the final harvest, reap its remaining bounty, and clear away the fallen fruits and dried leaves for burning. Our own lives follow this pattern of planting, growth,
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The 2020 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to UCLA astronomer Andrea Ghez for her
“discovery of a supermassive compact object (a Black Hole) at the centre of our galaxy.”
Rancho Palos Verdes, California — When everything shut down over the summer, Peninsula High School alumni Alex Fantappiè ’18 and Matt Hashimoto ’18 decided to spend their extra time at home trying to create something that would make the community grow stronger during these difficult times.
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To me, as an American, there is nothing more inspirational than standing in the silence and darkness of the night in the Lincoln Memorial staring into the eyes of the man whom I consider one of the greatest Americans of all time.
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The elegant doors to the prestigious Taj Campton Place in San Francisco are finally open! Waiting impatiently in the kitchen of Spice Route, is Merlin Executive Chef Srijith Gopinath! I can envision him sprucing up his kitchen with fresh spices, best raw ingredients discovered at the Farmers Markets as his genius mind is concocting new dining experiences.
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Sacred Solar Astrology October 2020 Forecasts - Welcome to August 2020
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One man’s crazy adventure was more than just a ‘bucket list’ check-off,
it was part of his long term planning
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The Fall Equinox on the 22nd heralds in the beauty of autumn and beginning of Libra season. No sign better symbolizes the balance of darkness and light achieved at the peak of the equinox, that moment of perfect alignment. In pagan traditions, the equinox is known as Mabon, and signifies the second harvest in the cycle of the planting year.
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As beautiful and colorful as Palos Verdes is, there are times when the dramatic scape calls for an additional angle; black and white.
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I'm Andre Navarro, Southern California freediver and videographer. I create ocean life awareness videos with the purpose of sharing the beautiful underwater world and it's life with as many people as possible. I believe through sharing these amazing views and experiences, it will help motivate viewers to be more conservation minded in our thoughts and actions.
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Ditch the plastic! Yep…the plastic water bottle, while convenient is doing more harm than good not only for our environment but also for you. Yes, we’re talking about the cheap, one time use disposable ones and the ones you buy, wash and re-use.
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